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21 Apr
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The Museum of the Old Colony Comes to Frog Hollow

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Previously on display at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pablo Delano‘s banner exhibit of The Museum of the Old Colony is now gracing a fence in Pope Park....
05 Apr
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Unhidden Gems: Fung

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This post is about Fung and it is not about Fung. It’s what makes Fung Chinese Restaurant possible, and what threatens it, and others like...
28 Mar
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A Little Something (April 2021)

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If you’re in my demographic, you’re probably going to spend a chunk of the month doing virtual battle against the wee tots who’ve been thrown...
22 Mar
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Unhidden Gems: St. Anne’s

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Today, the church is closed. In the late 19th century, Catholic French-Canadians decided they wanted their own parish. Before having a designated space for worship,...
20 Mar
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Deborah Chapel Endangered

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UPDATE: 21 March 2021 — According to Mayor Luke Bronin, the City of Hartford is filing an appeal, which could potentially prevent the demolition of...
15 Mar
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Hartford County Building

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Like most, I have had no occasion to enter 95 Washington Street, and I am pretty okay with that. . . especially because my curiosity...
08 Mar
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Unhidden Gems: Lo Sano

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I can’t possibly talk about Lo Sano and Hartford present without first staring down some Hartford nostalgia. Like many buildings of a certain age, this...
07 Mar
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Knowlton Knowledge

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Col. Thomas Knowlton (1740-1776) of Ashford, Connecticut is depicted by this bronze monument at the Connecticut State Capitol, created by Enoch Smith Woods of Hartford,...
06 Mar
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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, and the Horse He Rode In On

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La Fayette, a French abolitionist, fought in the American Revolution. When he visited Hartford in 1824, he received a hero’s welcome. His arrival was marked...
22 Feb
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Unhidden Gems: Bosnian-American Islamic Cultural Center

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Before Hartford’s Bosnian community renovated this warehouse in 2007 creating a cultural center and mosque, it had at least six other lives: Buick dealership, auto...